After figuring out the meaning behind this matter, Fan Ming began to wonder in his heart whether he should simply fish in troubled waters, this open and secret struggle between the Mo family and the Chen family had nothing to do with him, to put it bluntly, all he wanted was salt.

There is obviously a huge driving force behind this large-scale hoarding of salt in the land of Sanfu, and this push may not be aimed at salt goods.

Rather, it is controlling the commerce and trade of the entire Jingxi Road, or the Hebei Plain.

The current water is obviously not muddy enough, and his little fish obviously can't make any waves, but if he finds the key point of the whole incident, he may be able to promote the union of the major businesses in the three places, which can be regarded as a successful completion of the task, but where is the key point?

"Fan Gongzi." Seeing that Fan Ming was deep in thought, Leping woke him up 'out of place', "I heard that tonight the Chen family will have a banquet in the Drunken Immortal Mansion to welcome the distinguished guests of Tianfu and Suzhou business colleagues, why don't you ......"

Fan Ming's eyes lit up, "Really?" ”

"Really!"

"Then of course I want to go and see it tonight, if I don't go in vain, haha......" Fan Ming was in a good mood, and tried his best to find an entry point, but he didn't expect that there would be an opportunity to send it to his eyes soon, it seems that this god is not bad for himself, Chen Family Banquet must have something to say about recruiting distinguished guests and peers, and he must be able to compete for a position as the son-in-law of the Mo family in Songzhou, and he does not expect to get any breakthroughs, and it is good to be able to show his face.

……

Zuixianlou is located in the center of the most central and prosperous street in Suzhou City, the grade is certainly not comparable to the ordinary small restaurant, Leping is obviously very familiar with the road here, and he leads the way, all of which seems to be very natural.

"Have you seen which gatehouse, from the south gatehouse to the back is the hook fence, after going there to see, son, do you know the ...... of Songzhou", Le Pingzheng said this excitedly, and heard a person not far away greet with a smile: "Yo, this is not Steward Le!" Why, your young lady asked you to come this time? ”。

"Oh, it's the shopkeeper Fang, you were also invited, fortunately, fortunately!" , Fan Ming followed Leping, who was greeting loudly, and walked over, and saw that the "Fang shopkeeper" in his mouth was a middle-aged man in his forties who was slightly chubby, and his clothes were exquisite, especially the two mustaches on his face were smoothed with sesame oil, which was shiny and meticulous.

"It's not for the cloth and silk business, it's not this hard life to make a living", the shopkeeper picked out the beard with the long nails on his tail finger, "This is ......."

"Oh, this is my young lady's friend Fan Gongzi, who is also doing this business, and I happened to come over to see the market this time."

As soon as Le Ping introduced, Fan Ming politely replied, thinking in his heart what kind of background this Le Qingying woman has, even a subordinate can make the shopkeeper of another business treat him politely, did he ignore something?

After listening to Fan Ming's introduction, sure enough, Brother Fang frowned, and said with a generous smile: "This time the Chen family banquet guests, the banquet is also invited by cloth and silk merchants from the land of Sanfu, it is better to catch up than to catch up, how can the two of them go in with me ......."

"Okay, it's just the two of you who came over together to take advantage of the fun, after all, everyone is from Jingxi Road, ah...... Ha ha! ”

The brother Fang clenched his fists and arched his hand to Fan Ming, "That's it, Brother Le, you go to rest first, and see you at the wine shop in the front hall later."

"Who is this person, it looks magnificent."

"It can also be regarded as one of the best cloth and silk merchants in Suzhou, and there are two masters of Shanfang, how can the style be small!" , Le Ping walked into the guest room and explained to Fan Ming in a low voice: "His uncle is this one in our Ying Tianfu."

Fan Ming looked at Le Ping's thumbs up, "Lord Chu of the Governor of Tianfu?" ”。

"Who else can count this except him on our Jingxi East Road", Leping's face no longer lost the joy when he hooked his fingers just now, "As soon as our front foot arrived, the back foot hit him, this sign is ......."

Fan Ming has great hopes for this business, and after hearing about Fang Youshan's origin, he will inevitably feel a little depressed, but he has always been tough, so he didn't show it on his face, "After washing, let's take a look, Jingxi East Road is not big, it is not small, maybe he can still eat it in one bite?" ”。

After entering the room and settling down, Fan Ming freshened up, and went to the front hall wine shop with Leping.

The front hall wine shop has been wrapped up by the Chen family, not only large but also elegant, in addition to the place where the table is placed, there is also a vacant area for the boss, about the place prepared for the Kabuki to help the fun, because it is large, so although there are seven or eight people in the Accord, it is not too crowded.

Fan Ming and the two were the last to arrive, this must be another greeting and courtesy, listening to the introduction of others, it was indeed the big cloth silk merchants in the states of Jingxi East Road, mainly in the land of Sanfu, among them, the fat man who was wearing a big plaid satin shirt, and the fat man who was quite disapproving of the two of them should be the owner of the Bozhou Shunfu cloth village, when he came just now, Fan Ming heard Leping say that this person was the big housekeeper in the Bozhou General Judgment Mansion, and there is such a relationship, and it is not strange to be enthusiastic about him.

After the greetings were finished and sat down, everyone first talked about the wind and moon according to the routine, and after exchanging some experiences in the battle against Fusang Ji and Silla Ji, it was just after the three rounds of wine, so far, everyone knew that it was time to get to the point, so they put down the cups and chopsticks in their hands and waited for the arrival of the main family.

It didn't take long for the time to come, accompanied by a burst of hearty laughter, the main family, that is, the largest silk weaving company in Suzhou City, Chen Jinghong, the head of the Chen family, finally appeared in front of everyone.

On the contrary, beside him turned out to be a pure scribe, without the slightest 'vulgar' taste of a merchant, this should be the protagonist of the banquet he was going to entertain, a distinguished guest from Ying Tianfu.

What surprised him was that Fang Youshan, who started at the beginning, was also by his side, looking like a master, it seemed that this troubled water in Suzhou was becoming more and more difficult to figure out.

"Ahem......" Chen Jinghong cleared his throat after taking his seat, "It's a great honor for you to come, I'll introduce it to you." ”

Chen Jinghong nodded slightly to the Qing scribe beside him, looked around again, cleared his throat and said: "This is Lord Murong of the Salt and Iron Division of Yingtianfu and the Taxation Division of the Duzhi Merchants. ”

"Together, together, Lord Xie appreciates his face!"